Freelance Whales foi um dos grupos listados pela NME como uma das 50 melhores novas bandas de 2010 Extremamente acessível e agradável em sua maior parte, o álbum Weathervanes conquista já em sua primeira audição. A similaridade e influência de uma multiplicidade de bandas - de Death Cab for Cutie a Los Campesinos , passando por outro excelente debute deste ano: Local Natives - ajuda a conquistar os ouvidos já acostumados a essas sonoridades. A sensação de deja-vu permeia todo o álbum, e o que funciona [...]
1. Janelle Monae (Friday) Catching this lady in her ascendency is quite a coup for Electric Picnic. Her recent album The ArchAndroid is scoring well deserved rave reviews. With her trademark tuxedo and quiff, expect psychedelic funk, hip-hop, pop, even rock. Watch out for 'Tightrope', her collaboration with Big Boi, along with 'Cold War' and 'Faster'. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope [feat. Big Boi] 2. MNDR (Friday) New York's electro-pop duo MNDR, aka Amanda Warner and Pete Wade, are a late but very [...]
Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot keeps spewing out out singles like a machine gun. This time, the ATLien drops a new clip for "You Ain't No DJ" with Yelawolf. Watch it below: Tags: Big Boi , Yelawolf STREAM: Big Boi "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty" (7) On Deck: Local Natives, Big Boi (0) [...]
The most requested item from our readers? A podcast. Well, we've posted a few audio interviews so if you really want to hear us talk, cruise over to the Peter Hook interview. What we think you'd find more valuable is a podcast of the twelve songs that melted our eardrums in August. We loved 'em and now we'd like to share them with you. Download it and take a listen. Here's the bands featured on this months playlist: 1- Burnt Ones- Kaleidoscope Eyes 2- Secret Colours- Tomorrow [...]
To get you in the mood for Friday's kickoff of Electric Picnic (stage times here ) or to play in your car on the way down there, here's a 24-track mixtape of Electric Picnic artists featuring tracks, remixes and edits from LCD Soundystem, Robyn, Freelance Whales, Caribou, The Horrors, Crystal Fighters, Omar Souleyman, Fever Ray, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Foals, Joker and more. Stream it in the Soundcloud player or download it zipped in the more for a limited time only. Download: Nialler9 Electric Picnic [...]
Full music lineup (including Body and Soul stages) are below. Get excited! FRIDAY MAIN STAGE - Friday 10:30pm – midnight Roxy Music 8:45pm – 9:45pm Modest Mouse 7:15pm – 8:15pm The Waterboys 6:00pm – 6:45pm Janelle Monáe 4:45pm – 5:30pm The Jolly Boys 3:45pm – 4:15pm Donal Dineen. Niwel Tsumbu & Friends ELECTRIC ARENA - Friday 10:45pm – midnight Public Image Ltd 9:00pm – 10:00pm Jonsi (Sigur Ros) 7:15pm – 8:15pm Marc Almond 6:00pm – [...]
Body & Soul have posted the stage times for the area at Electric Picnic on their site. Good news for State is that Janelle Monae also plays at 10pm as well as 6pm at the main festival. We're looking forward to Souleyman, Caribou, Freelance Whales, Low Sea, Crystal Fighters, Timber Timbre and Lisa O' Neill too. Fans of Leviathan can check out the line-up here . Friday, 3 Sept 2010 22:40-03:30 Donal Dineen live, with guests 22:00-22:40 Janelle Monae 20:35-21:20 Freelance Whales 19:10-19:50 Johnny [...]
Posts still sporadic - still getting my act together. Bear with me. Here's my favourite songs this week: Museum of Bellas Artes - Who Do You Love? ( mp3 ) Signed to Force Majeure and due at White Heat in a few weeks, this Stockholm trio have put in an early bid for cover of the year via this reprise of The Sapphires' little-known Motown song from 1964. Relentless beats, glossy synths and moreish vocals combine to prove summer's not through with us yet... [There is a video [...]
Full timetable for the Body & Soul Main Stage at Electric Picnic 2010 this weekend. Friday, 3 Sept 2010 22:40-03:30 Donal Dineen live, with guests 22:00-22:40 Janelle Monae 20:35-21:20 Freelance Whales 19:10-19:50 Johnny Flynn 18:00-18:40 I Draw Slow 17:00-17.30 Que Pezon 16:00-16:30 Bocs Social Saturday, 4 Sept 2010 03:30-04:30 Phil Retrospector 02:15-03:15 Martin Hayes and [...]
The most-read August 2010 stories have been: 1. Paul McGuinness wants us to save his music industry 2. RIP: Charles Haddon 3. Jack White doesn't like his natural audience much 4. Deadmau5 collapses under weight of costume 5. What's happened to Susan Boyle's money? 6. Qtrax reinvents itself again, again 7. Libertines make an announcement 8. The Sun drags Joe McEdderly out the closet 9. Kings Of Leon approach album making like a [...]
Freelance Whales Jukebox The Ghost has a new -and fantastic I might add- album about to drop and to prime your attention they asked Freelance Whales to take the first single "Empire" for a spin. What they got was a much spacier version of their pop track. Both takes are awesome in their own way and they're kind enough to let you pick your fav. [MP3] Empire [MP3] Empire (Freelance Whales Remix) Jneiro [...]
Jimmy Fallon is this year's Emmy Awards host. It got me thinking about how funny TV can be and how I've abandoned most TV watching (except for the shows I watch on HBO religiously, i.e. "Hard Knocks", "Hung" etc...). I'm dying for the new season of TV to start. I miss new episodes of "30 Rock" and "Parks and Rec". The promise of new television programming is unveiled every Fall, and of most shows that are to premiere, the AMC program, " the Walking Dead" , looks extremely promising. From what I can gather from the [...]
I know, I've owed this one to you, my readers, for a few months now. The plan originally was to concoct a sort of mid-year recap of the first half, dictating a slew of wonderful albums that may or may not come to find a spot on the inevitable end-of-year list. A hint at what may come. But that didn't happen. I added a few hobbies to my seemingly never ending list of things that eat away at my time (see above photo) and it fell down the priority list. [...]
Here we are once again with another pair of remixes from two artists who coincidentally share a common first initial. I always thought Jason Derulo's hit "In My Head" would be well served if some pop or rock act wanted to try their hand at it. And leave it to Philly native Chrys Banger to give us the closest thing we've got so far. Banger replaces the synthesized electric guitar with some suave acoustics while cranking up the beat. The result is a fun reinterpretation of the track that's certain to shake up what you're used to hearing. [...]
So it's that time of year again where we surround ourselves with dirty teenagers in a field in Berkshire. Having spent three years at university in Reading, the bank holiday weekend at the end of August is now the only time I return to the place. The O!IW team will be out in force this weekend, here's who we're pretty psyched about... SUMMER CAMP - FRIDAY 15.05-15.35 - FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE Try not to be moved by this video... [...]
Lovable piano power pop group Jukebox the Ghost release their new album Everything Under the Sun on September 7th. Now they've got a new remix by one of the year's most critically-acclaimed groups, Freelance Whales. Check out "Empire (Freelance Whales Remix)" now. Strangely, we're still not feeling the love as there are no Canadian tour dates scheduled. Jukebox the Ghost's website Jukebox
Here are Freelance Whales performing their tracks "Generator Second Floor" (above) and "Ghosting" (below) from their debut full length Weathervanes live in studio on KDHX. Related posts: Freelance Whales - Weathervanes Athlete - Live in Studio on KXT Radio The New Pornographers - "Moves" Live In-Studio on KCRW Villagers - Live In Studio Session on KEXP
Freelance Whales: Weathervanes It sounds just like The Postal Service, when it's not sounding like Sufjan Stevens. And Ben Gribbard might be wondering when he laid down these vocals and why they're being credited to a bloke called Judah Dadone. While Weathervanes is full of tinkling pop and catchy melodies, it's impossible to move beyond those initial comparisons because every song has something that reminds you of where the music comes from. Just [...]
Watch 'Generator Second Floor' below. FW recently performed on Daytrotter. MP3: Freelance Whales - Generator Second Floor
50 Best New Bands Of 2010 by Tim Chester NME Olha só que bacana (não o ranking, né? Isso é bobagem), a NME divulgou as 50 melhores novas bandas de 2010 . Com direito a comentário, video e info básica. Ah, esqueci, com direito a um single de cada uma, que você ouve no player, acima. É mole? Tem som aí pro mês que vem todo e uma beleza de lista, pra gente se ligar em alguns nomes e sonoridades que não fazíamos idéia. Bom, boa parte [...]
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